Programmes
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Diploma in Early Childhood Development and Pre-Primary Teaching NQF (LEVEL 5) (Montessori Specialisation)
(3-year course)
Purpose of the Qualification
The Diploma in Early Childhood Development and Pre-Primary Teaching (Level 5) (Montessori Specialisation) is designed as an exit level before the Diploma in Early Childhood Development and Pre-Primary Teaching (Level 6) (Montessori Specialisation) as well as for the Diploma in Primary Teaching (Level 6) (Montessori Specialisation).
Montessori Early Childhood Development and Pre-Primary Teaching Diploma NQF (LEVEL 6)
(1-year course)
Purpose of the Qualification
This programme is a statement of the standards to be achieved to gain 360 credits in Montessori Early Childhood Development/Pre-Primary.
The course is designed to provide the prospective teacher with opportunities to acquire the specific knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to effectively supervise an Early Learning Environment including the Pre-Primary year, both Montessori and non Montessori within the Namibian context.
Diploma in Primary Teaching NQF (LEVEL6) (Montessori Specialisation)
(3-year course)
Purpose of the Qualification
The overall purpose of the qualification is to:
- Produce educators who have strong theoretical, practical, foundational and reflective competence.
- Be capable of becoming leaders in Namibian education development.
- Provide professional educational services, operating effectively in primary schools and learning sites.
- Deliver high quality teaching and learning programmes within the role of the Montessori trained educator and to allow them to enter higher levels of academic achievement at other tertiary institutions.
- Provide academic skills such as higher order reading and writing as well as independent research skills.
- Equip educators to be agents of change and transformation through creative and
innovative praxis. - Help to improve the standard of Primary Education in both urban and rural Namibia and beyond.
